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Chinese swimmer Sun Yang banned for eight years for doping offence: CAS

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The Secretary General of the Court of Arbitration for Sport, Matthieu Reeb, in Lausanne announces that Chinese swimmer Sun Yang "is sanctioned with an eight years suspension". SOUNDBITE

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